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Ishi081

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does anybody know if the hsc markers are lenient about significant figures if u got the working out correct and were just one decimal off the sig fig
 

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does anybody know if the hsc markers are lenient about significant figures if u got the working out correct and were just one decimal off the sig fig
i think they dedicate 1 mark to sig figs throughout the paper. if you messed up in that one question than you lose the mark but otherwise they dont care.
 

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i think they dedicate 1 mark to sig figs throughout the paper. if you messed up in that one question than you lose the mark but otherwise they dont care.
ohhhhh okay coz I did that in three questions and was extremely annoyed with myself for that thinking that I lost three marks.
is it also like how they dedicate only one question for equations having states so u just do it in all the equations u write?
 

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Same, but why did Q2 option B say low solubility toxin, I thought cycasin was highly soluble?
That’s what I was thinking but I wasn’t sure how well the first option fit either so I just went with B
 

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Same, but why did Q2 option B say low solubility toxin, I thought cycasin was highly soluble?
Hey, it specified low solubility because it mentions "flowing water," if it was highly soluble, then the flowing water would not have been necessary for "several days," which they also specified. It was simply to match the context.
 

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You reckon? Cos 2023 was 72 to a b5 and I feel like they were either very similar in difficulty or this was a little more difficult in terms of some calculations.
there was not a lot of calculations in this paper if i remember correctly, maybe 20 marks and explain/justify questions are generally easier
 

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there was not a lot of calculations in this paper if i remember correctly, maybe 20 marks and explain/justify questions are generally easier
Ig we'll just have to see, but I think 75 is still a little harsh since in other years (although more difficult) a 75 did manage to go to a mid B5.
 

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